Even though he was invited to the summer orientation camp and leads the Bruins with 11 goals, Milan Lucic is probably a long shot to play for Canada at the Olympics. He’s not exactly the best skater in the world, and that could be an issue on the bigger ice. It’s worth wondering, though, if Mike Babcock will be tempted to take a big, physical winger — whether that’s Lucic or someone else, like Winnipeg’s Andrew Ladd — to play the kind of role that Brenden Morrow played so well in Vancouver. “He’s one of those guys that’s got real good hockey sense, but he’s satisfied to be a grinder on this team,” Babcock said of Morrow in 2010. “He’s added energy.”

Saturday: Anaheim at St. Louis (8 p.m. ET)

Big weekend for the struggling Ducks, who play in Chicago tonight before visiting the Blues tomorrow. Anaheim is just 3-4-4 since starting out 15-3-1. On Tuesday, the Ducks were outshot, 51-28, in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Kings. “We never had the puck,” coach Bruce Boudreau said. “They had the puck all the time and were doing all the shooting. They shot from everywhere. We got in the lanes and got a lot of blocks and everything else, but it’s just the whole … it’s the work ethic; the work ethic has got get a lot better.” We touched on the Ducks’ puck-possession issues in last week’s TGIF. Obviously there’s still room for improvement.

Sunday: San Jose at Minnesota (6 p.m. ET)

Ever since Zach Parise and Ryan Suter signed their mega-deals with the Wild, it feels like Mikko Koivu has become a bit of a forgotten man. This needs to change, because Koivu has been outstanding this season. No other Minnesota forward plays as much as the 30-year-old center, who’s averaging 21:22 of ice time and has 23 points to show for it. Having said all that, Koivu has just two points in his last six games, a stretch that’s seen the Wild go 2-3-1.

Sunday: Washington at NY Rangers (7 p.m. ET)

If the playoffs started today, the Caps and Rangers — currently second and third, respectively, in the Metropolitan Division — would meet in the first round. Which would be a nice break for each of them given they’re tied for the fewest points of the top eight teams in the Eastern Conference.

The winner of the Caps-Rangers series would then play the winner of the Pittsburgh-Toronto series, with the winner of that series advancing to the conference final.

Sunday: Colorado at Vancouver (8 p.m. ET)

Roberto Luongo made a great save Tuesday in Nashville to keep the game scoreless:

If not, he’s welcome to apply for US citizenship. We’ll take him. I’m surprised the Olympics allow the US and Canada to play as two separate teams. Hell, California and New York differ more than Minnesota and Ontario.

It’s sucks that Boychuck will be out for the Bruins and it sucks that the Penguins will be without Evgeni Malkin. I still think it will be a good game but, the games are even better when both teams have all their big guns in the lineup.

Nobody gives Lucic credit for his skating. When he gets going its near impossible to stop him. He’s gotten much faster over the past year. He’s such a big body and would make Canada’s 4th line better with his ability to grind down the other players

I think he could really help the PP too. Plug him in front, no one can move him. He’s a beast in the corners, cycles efficiently and has very underrated hands and hockeysense. Did you see that A in mtl the other night? If they want a Morrow type presence on the 4th line, Lucic is the guy